Ukraine War Ukraine Just Hit the Only Helium Plant in Russia — 1,200 Kilometers From the Front, and It Feeds Russia’s Rocket Engines Ukraine's deepest strikes yet hit the Orenburg complex — one of the largest gas-processing sites on Earth, and the only helium plant in Russia,... Jack Buckby20 hours ago
Ukraine War Even a Man Picked to Run Putin’s Puppet Government in Kyiv Now Admits the Illusion Is Colliding With Reality Putin keeps insisting Ukraine is on the verge of collapse — even as a quarter of Russia's refineries burn, the fuel runs out, and... Steve Balestrieri22 hours ago
Dollars and Sense Trump Says There Are ‘No Tolls’ in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran Keeps Talking About ‘Service Fees.’ Both Can’t Be Right Trump says there are "no tolls, no insurance costs, and no other charges" in the Strait of Hormuz — and threatens to end talks... Jack Buckby22 hours ago
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More In 2004, the U.S. Army Bet $160 Billion on a Drone-Powered Future. As a RAND Analyst, I Told Them It Would Never Work In 2004, the U.S. Army bet $160 billion on the Future Combat System — a fleet of networked, drone-powered vehicles meant to replace the... Brent M. Eastwood23 hours ago
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The Iran Deal Explicitly Bans Threats of Force. Trump Just Made Another One — and It Could Blow Up the Talks The Iran deal Trump signed explicitly bans both sides from threatening force. On Tuesday, he made another implied threat anyway — "I'll do what... Jack Buckby23 hours ago
Ukraine War ‘We Will Not Be Intimidated by the Lack of Light’: A Russian Governor’s Defiant Words as Ukraine Plunges Crimea Into Darkness "We will not be intimidated by the lack of light." That's the defiant message from Sevastopol's Russian-installed governor after Ukrainian drones plunged Crimea's largest... Steve Balestrieri24 hours ago
Ukraine War Ukraine Just Cut One of Crimea’s Lifelines — and Says the Peninsula Is About to Become an Island Ukraine says it has destroyed a key rail bridge into Crimea — then struck the repair crews sent to fix it. Half the peninsula... Jack Buckby1 day ago
Ukraine War A 30-Page Dossier Just Landed in Ukraine Claiming Belarus Has Quietly Become Russia’s War Machine For years, Alexander Lukashenko kept Belarus out of the war in Ukraine. Now Belarus's government-in-exile warns he may be preparing to join it —... Jack Buckby1 day ago
Ukraine War Putin Can Bury Russia’s War Dead Quietly. He Can’t Hide the Hundreds of Thousands Coming Home Wounded Russia's war dead can be buried quietly, far from the capital. Its wounded cannot. Hundreds of thousands of men are coming home from Ukraine... Harry J. Kazianis1 day ago